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Tony Jacowski's Articles in Business

  • Tips To Empower Your Team At Work
    In today's competitive world, if an organization is to succeed, it is necessary for its managers to empower their teams. While it is not the only important ingredient in a plan for success, empowerment of the team is essential.
  • How To Interact With Potential Employers Effectively
    A guide to the etiquette of formal and professional communications.
  • Strategic Planning And Six Sigma
    Six Sigma has been traditionally applied to operations, design or manufacturing and processes. It is used for improving operational performance by reducing variations in the processes and bringing them within the predetermined limits, which are based on specific requirements. An analytical approach is used, keeping the customer in mind.
  • Freelancing - How To Grow Your Business
    Freelancing is working independently of any employer. A freelancer uses their skills and offers services to several businesses for specific assignments. It allows one to maintain a work life balance, at the same time taking your career in the direction that suits you and at your own pace.
  • Is Your Friend Your Employee? Avoiding Pitfalls
    Few would disagree or dispute the fact that friendships help enhance our lives. Workplace friendships can improve the workplace environment and are often viewed as a positive aspect of an organization's culture. However, it may sometimes affect productivity or cause concerns of favoritism.
  • Switching jobs? Leave on the right note
    There are a number of people today who are considering switching jobs, even in a tight labor market. On one hand, while the trend of employees going back to their old organizations is growing, you also need to be absolutely sure that you leave your current organization on the right note.
  • Get Ahead At Work - E-Brand Yourself
    The workplace has come a long way since the drab file cabinets and quantity based performance assessments. Today, who you know and how you are placed among the "who's who" of the company plays a very important role. It is essential for people to know what you are all about and the work you are capable of.
  • How To Excel In Your Performance Review
    The end of the year is the time to rejoice and welcome the New Year. It is also the time when most companies plan their annual parties. However, the festive spirit can be easily dampened by the painful annual ritual of performance reviews that follows.
  • Mastering The Art Of Team Building
    For the last few decades, teams and teamwork have taken on a larger and much more important role in the working world. Employers and upper management have come to realize that value is added in productiveness and, therefore, in profitability, if employees can work in teams.
  • Using FMEA For Managing Information Technology (IT) Projects
    Information Technology (IT) companies do have lower operational costs compared to manufacturing companies, but that does not affect the applicability of Six Sigma because operational costs can easily spiral upwards even in an IT company, if the necessary precautions are not taken during the product (software) development stage.

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